NAME

time, ftime − get date and time

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/time.h>

time_t time(tloc)
time_t ∗tloc;

#include <sys/timeb.h>

int ftime(tp)
struct timeb ∗tp;

DESCRIPTION

time() returns the time since 00:00:00 GMT, Jan. 1, 1970, measured in seconds. 

If tloc is non-NULL, the return value is also stored in the location to which tloc points. 

ftime() fills in a structure pointed to by tp, as defined in <sys/timeb.h>:

struct timeb
{
time_ttime;
unsigned short millitm;
shorttimezone;
shortdstflag;
};

The structure contains the time since the epoch in seconds, up to 1000 milliseconds of more-precise interval, the local time zone (measured in minutes of time westward from Greenwich), and a flag that, if nonzero, indicates that Daylight Saving time applies locally during the appropriate part of the year. 

RETURN VALUES

time() returns the value of time on success.  On failure, it returns (time_t) −1. 

On success, ftime() returns no useful value.  On failure, it returns −1. 

SEE ALSO

date(1V), gettimeofday(2), ctime(3V)

Sun Release 4.1  —  Last change: 21 January 1990